Neath Port Talbot County Council carries out a range of pollution monitoring work in order to
establish the current state of the environment.

Some studies involve the use of high-tech pollution analysers
that automatically generate readings on an hourly basis. Other methods rely upon semi-automatic or manual sample
collection on a daily, weekly, fornightly or monthly basis.

Some monitoring is carried out as part of national
monitoring networks, whilst other in-house pollution monitoring is also carried out. Data is reported to Council
and is shared with the Welsh Air Quality Forum and the Environment Agency.